plural of near field

(acoustics) The region within a distance a fraction of a wavelength from a sound source. Accordingly, the outer boundary of the near-field region is closer for high-pitched sound than for low-pitched sound.

(software, object-oriented programming) Synonym of member variable

(physics) A theoretical field associated with electroweak symmetry breaking, the quantum of which is the Higgs boson; interaction with this field is hypothesised to give elementary particles their mass.

plural of member field

(mathematics) Any of the several axioms that an object should meet to be considered a mathematical field.

(definite, mathematics) the requirements for an object to be considered a field: / plural of field axiom

(algebraic number theory) A number field that is an extension field of degree two over the rational numbers.

(number theory, algebraic number theory) A number field obtained by adjoining a primitive root of unity to the field of rational numbers.

(algebra, field theory) A field L which contains a subfield K, called the base field, from which it is generated by adjoining extra elements.